Overview

• Xi Jinping, as general secretary and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will review formations in the capital on Sept. 3.
• The parade will feature marching units, armoured columns, aerial flypasts and new unmanned intelligent combat equipment.
• Chinese authorities have begun security planning and logistical preparations across central Beijing for the large-scale event.
• The Kremlin announced Vladimir Putin’s attendance, with additional international leaders expected at the anniversary commemorations.
• The Sept. 3 announcement follows President Trump’s hosting of a major US military parade in Washington less than ten days earlier.